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This has got to be a joke right!!! How many games did Farragut lose in spring ball this year to mediocre teams? They lost one game to Fulton last year but beat Fulton 2 -3 times. The saving factor is the top teams in the region are down.

Does anybody have any info about the rumors that Phillip Jurick is transferring to UTC?

The coverage was terrible but there were not very many good games except today Farragut beat Walker Valley by 3. WV was undefeated until now. In other games WV beat South Doyle and Lenoir City by alot. Farragut beat Sweetwater and Hardin Valley by a lot and Lenoir City beat Sweetwater by a lot. Not sure about the other games.

Farraguts guard will be playing he was just resting his knees during those games

whats everybody thinking about this rivalry game?

I know both landon and riley and he has twice the potential his older brother does and he will be huge this year for farragut. Confindence for him will be a huge key though.

Sam watson is a solid player and did outscore the entire grace team with 9 but the 6-10 kid isnt aweful hes a project and will grow alot by the end of the season to become a strong contributor and please dont smack talk a single player who plays hard and is a nice person

looks good and i wouldnt change anything except maybe swtich Farragut and AE

Farragut and Siegel are playing

Do others agree that "Sunshine" Logan Johnson (former South Doyle high school player) is playing really well in Rocky Top games? He seems to be playing very strong fundamental team basketball compared to some of the "name players" that tend to get a lot more press. His basketball IQ seems really high and he is a good shooter with enough quickness, energy and hops to compete at a pretty high level.

Things are looking better since Seniors Austin Bolen and John Jester decided to play again this year. Although neither have played since Freshman year they add some toughness. A 6'9" 270 lb post has also transferred in.

Although the Ballerz do have a tendency to play to the level of the competition (who doesn't) they have "consistently" won their pool in every major national tournament they played going 3-0 and making it to at least the sweet 16 or final 4 of championship bracket play where they have had a few heart break 2-5 point losses to top teams. They do not have a bad loss. This is not easy to do. With their team speed on offense and defense, multiple shooters and scorers, good coaching and enough size and strength to keep other teams big guys from going off they are a very hard team for any one to beat. These rankings are amazingly subjective but from what I have seen you could easily justify this ranking plus or minus a few spots. If they can hold it together and get that break through win over a top ten team by the end of the summer I could even see them moving up. If you don't agree with the rankings why don't you do something constructive like giving an alternative and rationale instead of picking out one team (the Ballerz) to bash.

Congratualtions to Coach Shulman, Coach T and the Ballerz!!! The Midstate Ballerz defeated a very good Memphis YOMCA team in the finals to win the 17U State tournament this weekend in Memphis. The Nashville Gators beat the Franklin Rage in the consolation game to take third. The Ballerz had to beat the Gators, Rage and YOMCA teams Sunday to win the tournament. The Ballerz won the 16U States last year as well.

Sam Watson of Farragut is also getting looks from D1 schools.

This is different from your original statement of "Farragut is not a top 10 team in East Tennessee." They are probably not playing at the same level as Bearden, Oak Ridge, and Fulton at the moment because they seem to be playing to tight. They only lost to Maryville by 3 and they beat Fulton 3 times in spring ball so they have the potential and talent but the players will need to find a way on their own to relax and play with more confidence, defensive intensity for the whole game, block out and rebound, and attack the basket on offense. It will be interesting to see if they can pull it together and play with the upper tier teams by the end of the season. But hey why not start with Oak Ridge on Thursday....